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Nimer, Maissam; Arpacik, Demet – Comparative Education Review, 2023
With its imperial past, nationalist tradition, past westernization attempts, inverse orientalism toward populations from the East, and current neo-Ottomanist policies, Turkey presents an interesting case in which to examine the ideologies underlying its education system. Turkish schools began receiving a large number of Syrian refugees following…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Refugees, Arabic
Galip Kartal – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The overarching goal of this design-based research was to explore WhatsApp's potential for facilitating and supporting speaking and pronunciation instruction in an EFL large-class speaking course. More specifically, this paper explored the perceived learning outcomes of WhatsApp-supported pedagogy in large English-speaking classes. Ninety-nine…
Descriptors: Computer Software, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Dogan, Cemile; Kirkgoz, Yasemin – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2022
The current study adopts a mixed-method research design to foster English Language instructors' attitude toward professional development, self-efficacy beliefs, and reflective thinking. Vygotsky's sociocultural theory constituted the base and the professional development program was designed accordingly. The participants of the study were nine…
Descriptors: Action Research, Faculty Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Comoglu, Irem; Dikilitas, Kenan – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Pre-service English language teachers' school practicum is key to their learning to become a teacher. However, a number of challenges are observed in its implementation. This paper addresses this issue by investigating how engaging in practicum as peers can function as mentoring support and how this process can influence their selves. A cohort of…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Practicums, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
Ozturan, Tuba; Uysal, Hacer Hande – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2022
Dynamic Assessment (DA) has lately taken the floor as an alternative by embedding instruction into assessment. Grounded in the dialogic teacher-learner interaction during an in tandem work, DA asserts that diagnosing the learners' matured abilities and needs, mediating them accordingly, and then observing their maturing abilities and microgenesis…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship
Akkus Çakir, Nur – Intercultural Education, 2021
Study Abroad (SA) has often been referred as the ideal means to learn a second language due to the unique opportunities it brings to the learners. SA provides learners access to both formal and communicative learning contexts where they can interact with the members of the target language community. Existing studies identified various contextual…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Family Environment, Second Language Learning, Intercultural Communication
Gürsoy, Esim; Ertasoglu, Leyla Deniz – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2019
Population displacements have occurred in tremendous amounts in the last few decades due to the collapse in civil order of the neighbouring countries of Turkey. This situation not only created a need for researchers to deal with the social, psychological and economical aspects of this forced mobility, but also with the acculturation process of the…
Descriptors: Refugees, Social Integration, Barriers, Immigration
Demir, Nalan; Kayaoglu, M. Naci – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
eTwinning is a telecollaboration initiative which was launched in 2005 by the European Commission. Turkey joined the platform in 2009 with a number of schools, teachers and projects. However, there is still plenty of room for studies on the role of eTwinning in the field of EFL. Aiming to discover the role of eTwinning in a specific Turkish EFL…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Satiç, Canan Önal; Çiftçi, Hatime – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
This study aims to examine refusal strategies of Turkish learners of English and explore their perceptions of social factors that are influential in their strategy use. The study was conducted at a private university in the west of Turkey, and eighty Turkish L2 learners enrolled at an English language preparatory program participated in the study.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Aysan-Sahintas, Zeynep – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2019
In recent years, increasing numbers of English language teachers have started to work internationally. As a result, expatriate English language teachers experience a challenging situation in which they have to adapt to a new environment which may be ethnically, linguistically and/or culturally different than theirs as well as working for…
Descriptors: Foreign Nationals, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Özsen, Tolga; Özbek, Aydin – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Effective usage of nonverbal and verbal communication in Japanese such as gestures, mimics, silence and employing grammatical or lexical honorifics plays a significant role in determining the success of foreign language learners in obtaining their intended employment. This study examines the second language (L2) learning of politeness and social…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Japanese, Business Communication, Intercultural Communication
Tavil, Zekiye Müge; Güngör, Müzeyyen Nazli – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
This paper reports a mixed methods study which aimed to improve Turkish pre-service English language teachers' competences and qualifications during their teaching practice experience (the practicum). The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data was framed by a sociocultural perspective focused around individual, cultural, and social factors…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Preservice Teachers, Practicums, Teacher Education
Engin, Marion – Classroom Discourse, 2015
Learning takes place in a particular social context and in interaction with others. One of the tools of mediation between the learner and the subject to be learned is talk. In a teacher training context, it is through the use of particular talk that trainers can guide and scaffold their trainees towards learning, and the basic premise is that…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Processes
Polat, Nihat; Mahalingappa, Laura J. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2010
Addressing the influence of sociocultural theory, current views of second language acquisition situate language learning in a much broader context than the isolated box of the classroom. There is need to consider second language (L2) acquisition practices more broadly. This study addresses differences between girls and boys of Kurdish ethnic…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Acculturation, Identification (Psychology)
Kiliçkaya, Ferit, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
The 5th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture has been hosted by Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Burdur, Turkey), in cooperation with Çankaya University (Ankara, Turkey) and Süleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey). Our main aim has been to provide a forum for discussion, to facilitate integration in these fields, and to…
Descriptors: Literature, Conferences (Gatherings), Figurative Language, Speeches